US Bombs ISIS: Here's Trump's statement after US drops MOAB on Afghanistan

President Donald Trump praised the military mission that dropped a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb on Afghanistan on Thursday, calling the strike "another successful event."

"Very, very proud of the people, really another successful job," Trump said during a White House meeting with first responders from Atlanta. "We're very, very proud of our military."

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Trump, however, was evasive when asked whether he personally authorized the strike using the "mother of all bombs," which has a blast radius of about 1 mile. The bomb is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the U.S. military arsenal, and had never been used in battle until Thursday, CNN reported.